Thousands of Wall Street protesters marched in the streets of Oakland on Wednesday as they geared up with labor unions to picket banks, take over foreclosed homes and vacant buildings and disrupt operations at the nation's fifth-busiest port.

This article was written by Alaa Abd El Fattah on 1 November 2011 from cell No 19, the Appeals Prison, Bab el-Khalq, Cairo. It is being published in Arabic by the Egyptian newspaper Al Shorouk and in English by the Guardian.

Thousands of extra police have been deployed along the Mediterranean coast to stop protestors traveling the 30 km (19 miles) down from Nice, where they are being kept at arm's length, and sparking clashes that could disrupt the gathering.

Minister Farrakhan entered the [WVON 1690AM] studio October 25 with a focused and extremely serious look on his face as...[Cliff] Kelley asked him how he was feeling.

“I feel like I have lost a very, very important member of my own family. I can't take the assassination of Muammar Gadhafi lightly, as I could not take the assassination of my brother, or my mother, or my wife or my children lightly. That's the kind of relationship that we had and that we have,” Min. Farrakhan responded.

A deadly blast was reported in Tagab, Kapisa province on Wednesday. A dozen of the French invaders and their [puppets], indenting [intending] to carry out an offensive, were killed and wounded with the rest of the enemy troops fleeing the area after a bloodiest fighting that lasted an hour,

however, the invading forces took the area under massive airstrikes, leaving three Mujahideen wounded, how [who] are said to be in stable condition.